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"DMS" The American Journey Ch. 1

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archeology   study of past places and artifacts (things) people left behind  
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artifact   tool, pottery, paintings, weapons, building, and household items left behind by early people  
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ice age   periods of very cold temperatures when part of the earth was covered with large ice sheets  
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nomads   people who move from place to place  
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migration   a movement of a large number of people  
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maize   early form of corn  
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carbon dating   measuring the amount of radioactive carbon in something that was once alive in order to tell approximately how long ago it lived  
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culture   way of life of different groups of people  
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civilization   highly developed societies  
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theocracy   society ruled by religious leaders  
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hieroglyphics   a form of writing that uses symbols or pictures to represent things, ideas, and sounds  
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terraces   platforms cut into steep slopes so crops can be planted  
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pueblo   villages  
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drought   long periods of time with little rainfall, so crops dry up  
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adobe   type of sundried mud brick used to build homes  
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federations   governments that linked different groups with formal law codes  
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